From roughly the 1650s to the 1730s, the world was in the throes of the Golden Age of Piracy. As historian Mark Cartwright explains in the World History Encyclopedia, the Caribbean was one of the biggest centers of pirate activity, with Nassau in the Bahamas — known at the time as New Providence Harbour — serving as an unofficial pirate haven around 1700. At the end of the day, pirates were still thieves (and often killers), and their widespread presence was a constant threat to the European empires, which relied on naval transport and shipping to supply their colonies.
Author: All That's Interesting
Published at: 2025-11-23 23:00:00
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